Eight-Bout Lineup Finalized for Bellator 34
Brian Knapp Oct 26, 2010
Serbian middleweight prospect Dragan
Tesanovic (Pictured) will make his Bellator Fighting
Championships debut against Mike
Bernhard at Bellator 34 on Thursday at the Seminole Hard Rock
Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Fla. Bellator officials on Monday
completed an eight-fight lineup for the event.
Unbeaten as a professional, Tesanovic has finished five of his first seven foes by knockout or technical knockout. The 25-year-old defeated M-1 Challenge veteran Gregor Herb by unanimous decision under the World Free Fight Challenge banner on July 31 in Portoroz, Slovenia. Tesanovic has not fought since.
Bernhard will carry a five-fight winning streak into the bout. The
25-year-old has secured six of his eight career victories by KO or
TKO and sports six-, 11-, 24- and 61-second wins on his resume.
Bernhard last appeared at an Xtreme Fighting Championships show in
July, when he stopped Gerardo
Julio Gallegos on first-round punches at the St. Pete Times
Forum in Tampa, Fla.
A pair of five-round title bouts will headline Bellator 34, as middleweight champion Hector Lombard defends against Alexander Shlemenko and Megumi Fujii meets Zoila Frausto for the vacant women’s 115-pound crown. Meanwhile, a light heavyweight showdown between former two-division King of the Cage champion Tony Lopez and the once-beaten Raphael Davis will round out the main card.
Bellator Fighting Championships 34
Thursday, Oct. 28
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
Hollywood, Fla.
Bellator Middleweight Championship
Hector Lombard vs. Alexander Shlemenko
Bellator Women’s 115-Pound Championship
Megumi Fujii vs. Zoila Frausto
Dragan Tesanovic vs. Mike Bernhard
Tony Lopez vs. Raphael Davis
John Kelly vs. William Kuhn
Ralph Acosta vs. Tulio Quintanilla
Dan Cramer vs. Igor Almeida
Frank Carrillo vs. Moyses Gabin
Unbeaten as a professional, Tesanovic has finished five of his first seven foes by knockout or technical knockout. The 25-year-old defeated M-1 Challenge veteran Gregor Herb by unanimous decision under the World Free Fight Challenge banner on July 31 in Portoroz, Slovenia. Tesanovic has not fought since.
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A pair of five-round title bouts will headline Bellator 34, as middleweight champion Hector Lombard defends against Alexander Shlemenko and Megumi Fujii meets Zoila Frausto for the vacant women’s 115-pound crown. Meanwhile, a light heavyweight showdown between former two-division King of the Cage champion Tony Lopez and the once-beaten Raphael Davis will round out the main card.
Bellator Fighting Championships 34
Thursday, Oct. 28
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
Hollywood, Fla.
Bellator Middleweight Championship
Hector Lombard vs. Alexander Shlemenko
Bellator Women’s 115-Pound Championship
Megumi Fujii vs. Zoila Frausto
Dragan Tesanovic vs. Mike Bernhard
Tony Lopez vs. Raphael Davis
John Kelly vs. William Kuhn
Ralph Acosta vs. Tulio Quintanilla
Dan Cramer vs. Igor Almeida
Frank Carrillo vs. Moyses Gabin
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